Strategy can be planned (intended) or can be observed as a pattern of activity (emergent) as the organization adapts to its environment or competes. Strategy includes processes of formulation and implementation; strategic planning helps coordinate both. However, strategic planning is analytical in nature (i.e., it involves finding the dots); strategy formation itself involves synthesis (i.e., connecting the dots) via strategic thinking.
-cide. 1  The killing of the person or thing indicated by the first component of the word. (This applies to all of the derived terms listed below.) 2  A killer of the person or thing indicated by the first component of the word. (This applies to some, but not all, of the derived terms listed below.)
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